even when there are no international headlines. i just really invest in them that's a privilege as a journalist. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome to this news hour i'm peter dobby here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iran's revolutionary guard says it has successfully launched the country's 1st military satellite. more heavy rain and flash flooding turned the southern yemeni city of aden into a disaster area. south africa deploys 90 percent of its army to

enforce coronavirus lockdown measures. also ahead the special precautions this already isolated up to community is taking to protect itself from the pandemic. and as for one of the premier league's main broadcast partners wants to block the saudi led takeover of newcastle united council's been score says the saudi government allows an illegal channel to steal games and that's threatening the league's financial future. ok let's get going iran's revolutionary guard says the country is now able to quote monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit the u.s. has accused iran in the past of using its space program as a cover for missile development allegations iran denies president donald trump in washington while not addressing the launch directly did tweet

a warning about iran harris saying american ships at sea here's what the head of the revolutionary guard said about the launch. well connected. it is a necessity for such powerful defense forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they don't have a place in space or that today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i r g c or putting the satellite into orbit gives us the technological advantage of that and it's also a powerful asset in the intelligence warning that you well iran has spent a decade trying to improve its rocket technology it fired its 1st successful satellite into orbit in 2009 but in recent months it's had several failed launches the latest coming in february when iran failed to put it out of one communications satellite into orbit and last year it had 3 failures including a rocket explosion in august the united states called those actions provocative

however iran has maintained that its satellite program did not have a military component. white house correspondent kimberly health is monitoring reaction for us out of washington this hour but 1st live to send us ravi who joins us from tehran so say in the satellite what can it do. well what we know is what we've heard from the military really this came as a surprise not just to the rest of the world but to iranians as well 'd they awoke to what is effectively the news of a successful secret operation carried out by the islamic revolutionary guard corps from a desert location in the central desert area of iran they heard this morning that this rocket was lost in the space the satellite named moore for light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth and we heard it straight from the head of himself this is for military purposes and is likely to be used for intelligence gathering for military reconnaissance for navigation and movements of military

assets on the ground all the things that leaders need to do to support their assets on earth from an eye in the sky in space so any questions there may have been about whether or not this satellite had military capability or not the head of the i.r.g.c. as well as the head of the aerospace division has made clear that these are advances in military technology and will be used for military purposes zain thanks very much let's go to a complete white house correspondent kimberly good afternoon good morning so this must be peaking interest in raising eyebrows at the state department and also the building behind you. yes no official reaction from the state department just yet but we can tell you of course you've already reported the u.s. president's tweet this of course is following the reports of the launch of that satellite and then a sort of a warning by the u.s. president to iran earlier this month where he had said that he thought that iran

was trying to plan a sneak attack as he called it against u.s. troops or assets and he wore that there would be a heavy price paid if that happens now the u.s. is the launch of this satellite as an advancement of its missile program and we know that the tensions between these $2.00 sides have been ratcheting up for months even as the president had said that he had restored deterrence with following the killing the drone killing of general saloon monny now the u.s. in recent weeks has accused iran of harassing the u.s. ships navy ships in the persian gulf they were conducting a drill outside of kuwait and they said that iran fast boats as they're called pointed a machine gun at one point and were brushing up very close against the united states ships what this is this country the united states grappling with dealing with the chronic virus pandemic of course there's been widespread reporting of the

u.s.s. roosevelt of course that's off of qual that has been hit with an outbreak of chronic virus on that ship the question becomes in the united states whether or not iran is seizing this looking upon the u.s. as having a bit of a vulnerability right now shows you even the midst of this pandemic these military rivalries continue can really do say with the stay close because we want to stay in the united states a ban on immigration to the u.s. could come into effect on weapons day president bush will trump on twitter saying this i'll be signing my executive order prohibiting immigration into our country today in the meantime even without this order southern border aided substantially by the 170 miles of new border wall and 20 $7000.00 mexican soldiers is very tight including so human trafficking. so we're getting more meat on the bones with more more finesse detail about what he's planning to do

kimberly yeah it more meat on the bones but at the same time the u.s. president is coming under increasing scrutiny that he is using this is an opportunity to advance a campaign agenda not only the building of the border wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico something that he talked about in his coronavirus taskforce briefing but also the fact that he is being accused by some democrats of advancing an agenda in the midst of a crisis now look there's no question there are tens of millions of americans that lost their jobs overnight and i should tell you the polls seem to indicate that a majority of americans are in favor of a pas in immigration right now until the economy which has been decimated as a result of these stay at home orders can get back on track but at the same time there is this feeling that given the fact that the u.s. election is not so far away is it is now only months away in november that the u.s.

president may be using this as an opportunity now terms of clarification this is strictly applies to those who are seeking green cards or permanent residency in the united states who this doesn't apply to in terms of this pozen immigration would be those farm workers that are very important to getting the food supply out migrant workers that come often from central america and also those who are working in the health care industry because of course right now those workers are needed badly to deal with the coronavirus has demick in the united states briefly can believe so clearly mr trump has got a big on the election coming in but november in lots of the u.s. states is flu season that's potentially 2nd wave of coronavirus season and i guess the difficulty for him is he cannot see a situation where he must not see a situation where he's saying to america look you've got to relive what we went through in march and april. there's a bit of

a normalcy bias here in the united states even now even with so many people out of work enormously long lines at the food banks for people who can't put a meal on their table there are still is this bit of optimism and it's the one of the biggest cheerleaders in the oval office right to beside me essentially what this is is many people sort of feeling that their things are going to return they can't fathom that they might not or that there is a new normal and you identified a really key point there peter and that is that even the top public health officials in the united states say be prepared there is a possibility of a 2nd wave not just of flu but of coronavirus in the fall that would be very bad timing for this u.s. president who before this pandemic hit had historically low unemployment looked as if he was going to ride a strong economy into a 2nd term now that is not the case that is what he was pinning his reelection

chances on and now with so milk many millions of americans out of work he is optimistic but i can tell you well many other americans are as well the projections in terms of the economic forecasts in terms of the public health forecast are not as rosy chemically things that incite good still chip the u.s. senate has approved nearly $500000000000.00 in extra aid to help businesses and hospitals join the pandemic the house of representatives is set to vote on thursday on what would be the 4th such package since the crisis began for a total of around 3 trillion dollars. a disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the prime minister is asking for foreign help 8 people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and homes it's all about us. it was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away strangers nipped into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. thinking.

it is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own power through the city turning roads into rivers many with poor sound had to be safe from the vehicles i was these boys trying to cheer up a woman they risk use by singing to her compound in the trauma is that this also happened a month ago the u.n. had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000 families were displaced the water also harbors an invisible danger human is battling a cholera outbreak a disease spread through water. some 400 kilometers north in the capital sana residents a cell which in what they can from floods a week ago he winds and rain killed 7 people injured dozens and damaged 16 refugee

camps in the neighboring government of marie. cyril the heavy rain destroyed everything they weren't expecting it and it came from the mountains and swept everything away without warning running took out codes busses everything in its path. and yet there is a potentially more ominous disaster on the horizon yemen has had just one case of coronavirus the u.n. has we warned it would be catastrophic if it catches hold here only half of yemen's medical facilities a functional the population is acutely moen nourished in about 80 percent. 24000000 people need aid to survive multinational companies including tetra pak and you know leaving a donating tens of thousands of virus testing kits to human the shipment will arrive next week. a devastated health system and neglected infrastructure a symptoms of yemen's 5 years civil whether it will continue isn't

a negotiation we've all noted continued violence where mr griffiths is doing is trying to get parties to agree to a nationwide ceasefire sustainable the schwarz's far those discussions are ongoing obviously and challenge the circumstances. but that's that's what he's trying to do challenging circumstances prove that yemenis a resolution can't come soon enough shallop alice. while staying with us or jaco argile works the international committee of the red cross in yemen earlier she described how the odds are adding to the misery. of course the international humanitarian actors and humanitarian actors in yemen or joining us are sort of spunk to the entire situation because the slot have added depth and it should say that often the big city but example the international committee that

africa and i would remain partners the yemeni press and funding to these. laws by providing against the people by providing the food by drinking families together who have been sent that ate the by the floods and this isn't a government aid and that mission there's huggin i think that are being to do that and this goes in line with all the precautions the measures that need to be taken by the yemeni people at the moment and moved against any this outbreak of acquittal not vitus that the country is most deadly for because the infrastructure have already been. so much john and by 5 years of war and now if there's any outbreak and also these laws are adding in addition there is a good off chance that the country is not ready for but definitely we are desponding we are also assessing the situation now and i've been to and when i was a sponsor international committee that i've crossed with i would mean partners and

the country the national society the yemeni. let's go back to europe and the continuing story of the impact of the pandemic there the spanish parliament today set to vote on a government proposal to extend its nationwide lockdown until may the 9th madrid has already started easing some restrictions children can go for walks as of next week and some factory and construction workers have returned to their jobs that happened last week nearly 208000 people have contracted the virus in spain and at least 21000 have died let's talk to mark arrow she joins us from madrid martin good afternoon so is there a sense there of people are resolved with the idea result to the idea rather that this added lockdown the extension will take place. yes. yes this extension will be voted today the spanish prime minister better sandip has the scent of the 3rd extension of the state of emergency law down until may 9th it

comes when scientists are being in a lockdown of 6 weeks already since march 14th and it's had by happy with these the creepy or allowing children on their 14 years old to go out to the streets for a walk from sunday only once this measure was announced yesterday and it caused a lot of criticism amongst many believe the party's associations and n.g.o.s because initially to government announce that children underneath 14 years old would only go with their parents to back offices to the soup to the groceries to the chemists and the people started complaining and 6 hours later the government spanish government and mend it is that the situation so it is going to be more relaxed and children will be able to go for a walk for these one hour keeping this safety distances and and being like one kilometer away from from their houses so as i was saying that today the spanish

parliament will love this extension of their extension the 4 think if there is another one will need see as these one because the opposition parties are already threatening that it won't be easy to get along and other for that session so we will have to see spanish prime minister for the subject said that the escalation we have to be very slow and very gradual we have to be very cautious and any any new reactions are what we see has given all the powers to the health minister to make a decision as any new amendment or even be invoking any decisions that would be that would be of course aligned with the death toll and the people infected to bear in mind that in the past 24 hours full of 1000 new people new people were infected from cop 19 we had reduced it to around 400 knew that. in these 9 we have to mention that today the ice rink. that actually that was converted to not a funeral home. for

a period of time that held like 1000 corpse there has been closed down 2 days of these and get you martyr thanks very much. well let's go from madrid to london because the british parliament has held the 1st virtual session in its 700 year history just 50 m.p.'s were allowed into the lower chamber the house of commons so most of the questions issued happened on various video platforms most of those questions were about of course the government's response to corona virus the pandemic cope with 19 particularly supplies of p p e protective equipment which should've been given to doctors and nurses up and the u.k. live to london and our correspondent rory chalons so rory what were the main takeaway points from the discussion in the chamber there. well i think the big theme of today with the employees promise question time as has been testing there was obviously the testing of the new system that you just outlined there with

. m.p.'s dialing in digitally the ones that were in the chamber were socially distanced the correct separation between each of them this was also a test for care starmer the new leader of the labor party the main opposition party in his 1st pm queues and testing was what he was pushing dominic rob the man standing in for the prime minister in the moments on he was saying look you are saying that you are doing or have the capacity to do 40000 tests a day or. health care workers etc but that's the wrong metric he was saying because you may have the capacity. for that but all you're doing at the moment is 18000 days so why is there this discrepancy you can talk as much as you want about capacity but if you're not actually reaching the required number of tests and there

are all these people out there there are care workers there are doctors and nurses who are saying they're still not being tested that's what you should be aiming for upping the number of tests not the capacity for tests there were other issues that he pressed the governments on the continuing problem over personal protective equipment how there are companies who are saying they've been offering the government for weeks that they can make the rights kits and they've heard nothing back from the government he asked the government how many care workers and h.s. staff had died because of the corona virus outbreak dominic rob said that he knew that 69 health care workers had but he didn't know how many had died in the wider care industry that's retirement homes and such. was disappointed with the onset and said that he would come back and ask him again next week. there is also this

problem with quality of test because the government has admitted today that a story that was published yesterday by a newspaper here that some of the tests that are being given to us workers have proven not to be up to scratch and therefore the that the public health england has said that these care workers needed to be brought back and tested again it just shows really how rapid and how mad the scramble has been to get the u.k. in a kind of proper states to be able to deal with this outbreak with this crisis and how many mistakes have been made along the way rory thanks very much. ok list in europe germany has announced it will start clinical trials of a virus vaccine 200 healthy people will be tested the number of new infections in germany has gone up for the 2nd day more than 2200 cases being reported on wednesday bringing the total in horses europe's biggest economy of course in the

146000 another 281 germans have died from covert 19 in the past 24 hours earlier this week lockdown restrictions were relaxed but only slightly catarrh has recorded $608.00 new infections and another death now as a total of more than $7000.00 confirmed cases and 10 fatalities the government says most of the new infections are among foreign workers who've been under quarantine the south african president has announced a $26000000000.19 rescue package and more than $17000.00 soldiers that's nearly the entire standing army are being deployed to enforce the country's strict lockdown they will join nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets for me to miller joins us live from lichtenberg a town in the northwest province for meta hi there why they decided to do this now

as opposed to say last week or the week before. well according to what we've heard from the government so far is that there's increasing concern about just how the numbers regarding the number of infections in south africa is escalating and this is what the minister of defense said earlier on local radio the rate at which the infections has gone up you'll realize that at some point we might need the kind of human resource deployed like we've never seen before and so this deployment of more than 73000 soldiers in addition to that initial 2000 would be the largest deployment by the south african national defense force in south africa's history i mean that even goes back to the 1st i'm a practical actions in 1904 the government here is concerned about just how bad the infections will get in south africa and estimates show that they're working on a model that indicates that south africa's coronavirus crisis will perhaps hear it

in august or september the government is saying that they need these soldiers to enforce the lockdown it needs these soldiers to prepare quarantine sites ensure people are abiding by the lockdown and essentially try and flatten that curve head of the coming months and is this particularly a political not so much to the city town and rural areas of the urban areas but the rural areas those townships where people live so close to other family members and friends and neighbors they live cheek by jowl so if it gets a grip in those areas in those communities the health service has a big problem. well that's exactly what the president has indicated that there is a significant amount of concern around just how people live in townships specifically across the country and that today is very little room for social distancing and that's where

a lot of the contact tracing and screening has taken place just behind us and as you mentioned we in the small almost rural town * in the northwest province left and burg police officers behind us a stopping vehicles asking people for their phone numbers their id numbers and this is part of that contact tracing trying to monitor just where people go in case there is an infection and they're able then to track anybody who might be infected and they also allow for screening here if people exhibit symptoms such as cough so or so throats or anything like that but there is a lot of concern around what exactly will happen in places where there's a high density of people and how that will be dealt with here in the northwest province there are only about 24 cases of covert 19 so far that's of more than 3400 that have been reported the concern also is the number of tests 126000 so far the government says they want to increase that number but really the worry is how

many people might be undetected and just how those numbers will grow after the slow down is eased we are heading to the 5th week of the lockdown the government has indicated it may ease restrictions slowly in phases because the president has warned that if there is an abrupt into the lock down they're looking at potentially catastrophic numbers you need a thanks very much the global pandemic is sending nigeria's rich and powerful to local hospitals hospitals they've been avoiding for years now doctors are reporting a shop increase in the number of government officials and business leaders seeking treatment midrash has more now from a puter. goes the aged male is a cancer survivor who regularly travels abroad for treatment next appointment is in india in may but because of the global pandemic she fears she will have to miss it and she says the local hospitals here in nigeria don't offer any hope if you find

out that there's something going on right now you can go to the hospital. because. it's. so and you can he said early on said that i mean i didn't. so whether you know. we don't if for any well it was not really. in the hands of act. our concern is echoed by many in the country there's a lot of confusion you know that i mean so many any kinds of me. and you know it's all in this well there's not a lot of it. is i'm not i'm not the thousands of nigerians regularly seek medical attention in other countries every year because of the poor state of the public health care system here. and on the trouble restrictions imposed by countries

around the world has now forced many including the rich and the powerful to stay home and rely on the same health system they neglected for decades whereas you had a claim. just. now you. know. this was. the increase in the number of people using local hospitals is adding stress stress system that's already in a bad state. many hoop the pandemic will force public officials to focus on improving nigeria's health care system. an estimated $1000000000.00 is spent by nigerians on overseas medical treatment every year including government officials in 2017 nigeria's president spent about 20 weeks in hospitals in the united kingdom although the government promised to address the problems in the health system here nothing much has improved. so i'm not going to say they will avoid local hospitals

for now not because they have alternatives but because they fear doing so will put them at a greater risk for covered 90 degrees al-jazeera. time whether he was ever to face a much fate or we've got some more severe storms spring across the central southern plains of the u.s. it's not bad at the moment but it is the calm before the storm you can see this area cloud here just store around well more than texas system bubbling up and that's going to drive its way further east where it's got at the area of low pressure this farmer already starting to drop warm moist air out of the gulf of mexico and that's going to help very those storms so this is how it looks through the remainder of wet and stay gradually nothing further northward into oklahoma pushing over towards arkansas and it will continue to drive its way further east was facing some very heavy rains northern parts of louisiana pushing across alabama mississippi eventually pushing into georgia and heading over towards the carolinas

so some very heavy rain coming through as we go through the next couple days large hail strong gusty winds damaging winds and yeah the possibility of some tornadoes as well quite a mess of rain there just around the eastern seaboard then as we go on through friday more heavy downpours grassy clearing away but some really strong winds particularly along the coastal fringes there just pushing up towards new england into that eastern side of canada quatenus down a little behind but you see the next area of disturbed weather just coming in across the central plains and northern plains eventually that will head up towards the midwest see more very heavy rainfall coming through here clear skies on saturday for the east coast clear was caused by and large for the west coast and some pleasant sunshine peter thanks very much we'll talk to you later still to come here on the news hour for you the environment is getting a bit of a break just in time for today the 50th world earth day we look at whether the pandemic will teachers any long term less. in sports will be n.f.l.

stop stars are set to be reunited andy will explain all the details in about 20 minutes. a history of guerrilla warfare. placed on the global stage. the peace gaining strength there revolutionary zeal knowing no bounds does a series of violent acts by their splinter groups damage the palestinian cause or ensure its survival chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story are some of the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact look it's reality has

a lot exposing ticks try. their rhetoric and play but they cannot manipulate the listening post your inside guide to the media which is the era. but you watch the news on line from doha your top story so far today iran's revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit. but disaster areas been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by a flash flooding the prime minister is asking for foreign help the country has

already been ravaged by years of civil war. the spanish parliament is set to vote today on a government proposal to extend its nationwide lockdown on till may the minds madrid has already started easing some restrictions put in place because of the kind of. u.s. states moving ahead with plans to reopen their local economies there are new warnings however of a 2nd wave of cope with 1000 infections in the winter months the head of the centers for disease control says it'll be far worse because it's likely to coincide with the start of the flu season anyway having 2 similar breaks would be a huge burden on the u.s. health care system and the visuals who develop antibodies it will have protective immunity the question is how long but this is going to be the critical question that we will answer between now and next year when it's very likely that we're going to have another. wrestling match with this virus as it comes back and we're

going to have another battle with it you know up front aggressively next next winter. ok we were talking a lot this time yesterday about the cost of oil so the price of brant crude the international benchmark well it's still hovering around just $20.00 a barrel that's the lowest it's been in 2 decades in australia is one country taking advantage of this situation spending $59000000.00 to buy oil at low prices the oil will help build up its energy stockpile it'll be held in the us for until storage space is made available locally australia doesn't port 90 percent of its fuel most comes from the middle east or asia. let's return to the u.k. where just like every place else i guess the fight against covert 19 is largely taking place in hospital wards and the burra trees there is a big strain too on mental health services used by both adults and children needs barker reports from london. these it will ring and disjointed

days especially for the young. east. f.a.a. did she stem my life to end because i can't go will say it like. it wants to make people sick i don't see a university study found that warning 5 children and now afraid to leave their homes. we have to be careful to not get us sick. why this change because i can go to school and and it's a very hard learning. disorientation. and confusion are being very understandable natural reaction a lot of children and increasingly i think as the days go things started to feel more restrictive. and a. sense of things unraveling

a little bat. technologies help close the gap left by social distancing there's a video play date hosted by elmo and some other familiar faces. but for some children the strangeness of it all is distressing especially for those with serious mental health problems. in the past few weeks secure mental health units have been forced to discharge large numbers of patients including children over fears of staff and bed shortages. al-jazeera has learned of at least warm front line secure mental health units in london that had to send home 40 percent of their patients their children suffering from psychosis who believe the virus is a conspiracy others with eating disorders or histories of self harm and there are some with obsessive disorders like compulsive handwashing the virus only seems to confirm their worst fears with hearing about people with severe mental illness such

as schizophrenia. who are being sent to have fun and the families are not being in any support or any information. we share that we can't have a time issues building our nation mental health in the months to come we need do we give to everyone. new my life here my hopes of the future are all that like faintness find a mentor to hear the current fires that the kernel fires has stopped there are many layers to this crisis the world's attention is on controlling the virus and saving lives but there are countless hidden victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help neve barker al jazeera london let's talk now to donna dawson she is psychologist specializing in personality

behavior joining us on skype from london donna thanks so much for coming on is this a layered issue all of us aren't sleeping very well all of us are feeling a bit him and in an constrained and we feel a need to control this but we can't yes i think physically here in london since we've been told a few days ago the lockdown was going to continue there is a feeling of. i'm getting more and more slightly desperate mentally about when will this and when will life get back to normal what will the new normal be a so i think this is true of adults as well as children but children in some ways can express it better but in other ways or expressing it sideways i've noticed with my own grandchildren that they are in fact having temper tantrums and strops about doing schoolwork that maybe they feel they can't do well enough or being asked to do chores they're having meltdowns and saying i hate you and yelling and saying no

because this is their only way to express things i do they feel that they're not old enough to discuss the virus per se so i think these are things that parents need to look out for we need to be there to give them reassurance and tell them that we're keeping them safe that what they're doing is making themselves safe but you know it it is difficult it's not there are no easy answers here and yes there's a whole group of children with mental health issues that are going to suffer long after we've got control of this and that but the thing that is very very important is that children whatever age whatever their mental health will take their example from you not so much what you say but what you do so if you appear to be in control and calm and reassuring them they will take their their note from you that's how they will hopefully be able to carry on obsessive hand washing yes that's going to be an issue but you know if you're with a child you can at least reassure them they're doing the right thing you know so

but that but explain to them when they need to do it so it doesn't have to be every 5 minutes but just when they do something different so it is about us and you know where are we going to take our anxiety is out well we have to bring that to each other or maybe get into a telephone conversation with a friend or maybe online with a group so really we have to be careful not just what we say but what we do is out else and it's getting tougher and we have to be many things to these kids we have to be teachers we. you have to be guardians we have to be parents we have to be playmates and we have to play at their level for some kids this is the best opportunity to be with their parents and to get that $1.00 to $1.00 that maybe in a busy daily normal life they wouldn't have gotten to be able to get that $1.00 to $1.00 on a day to day level hopefully it's going to compensate for a lot of the other scary things that are going on outside what's the easiest way to do this though donna so that you don't send that kind of emotional static or i guess mental emotional white noise that children can clearly pick up on very very

quickly you know they may not know what the coronaviruses you've identified that because you can't see it you can't touch it you can't smell it but there's that bad thing out there but you need to keep them secure but not keep them so secure that they actually feel in secure. humor is a great weapon against the unknown and against fear if we can turn things around make a little joke about what we're doing or what's happening laughter is a great medicine because it really says that feel good chemical in the brain culture a tone in which makes us feel more relaxed watching funny programmes together. being chatting easily but also checking in with your kids just to talk to them see how they're feeling you know work out whether it's going slightly downhill or not a loose structure to the day you know roughly the same getting up time in bed times is important but within that you know if we can as parents a little bit of variety. you know make sure their day is flowing to

a kind of pattern you know some homework some play some interaction with parents maybe some baking some games you know this is this is hard on the parent i know because we're doing so much at the moment but kids just need to know that there's a normal flow within the house of activities and you know you're not sitting glued to the news and and that they can actually get some sense of normality within the house is that important donna as well because i mean certain adults that we all know the people who are internalizing this in a negative way they're the ones who start at 6 am watching a news channel and they're watching all the new shows till 103011 o'clock in the evening and if you're doing that with your children sitting on the sofa beside you they're kind of absorbing all that negativity at the same time. absolutely and i've actually had to curtail my news watching as well make sure i do it at a certain time of the day maybe at the end of the day when i'm going to get all the information at once and you know i'm not necessarily share that space with my

grandson is living with me he's not normally around and if he were attracted to the news i would then try to explain it to him as we went and not minimize it but just be honest about it and say yes this is the issue we're all in the same boat we're all doing the same things and we're all keeping ourselves safe it's that constant note of calm and reassurance that we as parents as guardians have got to get to ourselves and our children will feel yes frustrated yes confused yes forward and not wanting to do a lot of the things we want them to do but this is normal it's just concentrated now and we have to dilute it somehow with humor with compassion with the constant checking in and chatting with each other doing things together we will get through this it's just difficult right now donna great to talk to thank you so much for coming on we do appreciate your time and your clarity and insight on this compelling aspects of the coronavirus thank you thank you.

ok have several way from the pandemic for the next few minutes and wrap up some other top stories for you the number of victims in canada's worst mass shooting has now reached 22 they include a pregnant nurse and a 17 year old girl the gunman drove across the province of nova scotia shooting people in various communities his attack lasted nearly 12 hours before he was shot dead by the police. greenhouse gas emissions from australia's devastating bushfire season this year exceeded the country's average annual emissions a government report is estimating at least $830000000.00 tonnes of carbon dioxide were released between september and february the report says most of those emissions should be reabsorbed by forests in the coming years but it goes on to say climate change could impact the forests ability to recover half a century ago the 1st earth day mobilized millions of americans to fight for the protection of the planet and this year the battle has particular poignancy here's

nick clock. earth day a question of survival with c.b.s. news correspondent walter cronkite. good evening you think day in american history as i live today the grainy story of the day half a century ago fashionable 5th avenue was off limits to automobiles and april 22nd 1970 across the united states more than 20000000 americans took part in the original earth day that was one in 10 of the population of 170 in the united states pollution have become a really serious problem simply breathing in the air in many of our major american cities it's like smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day rivers are catching on fire birds are going extinct and and there was a great upwelling of protest against that and it developed into a protest movement that continues to this day empowered by its early success and it led to an era in which we passed a clean water act in

a neutral species active marine mammal protection act and toxic substances control act we banned leaded gasoline we banned lead in paint it was just a remarkable environmental accomplishment. 50 years on the threats posed by the climate crisis are even more pressing. for one thing it's evident modern day pollution has made thousands more vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic we know actually the climate change is one of the drivers of condom ics as well as being a superior destruction. it is he to produce enough food to protect our cities from fights and storms and drives. now on earth day there are calls to seize the opportunity to recalibrate after the pandemic has popped. i think we're seeing a ramping up of focus within the financial and i would say some really interesting and positive signals it really in in the last few weeks from government. saying

that they are going to actually come out of this crisis you know way that leads to a green much greener much stronger economy. given the variety of threats we face much depends on how we come back from covert 19 because it's become very apparent that way humanity treats the wealthy as a way of reflecting how the world treats humanity they knew that back in 1970 nick luck al-jazeera. coming up next in the sports news why a saudi pirate t.v. channel could derail the takeover of one and it's premiering and we will explain when we come to. business leaders is both to buy no brass pot.

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the vast arctic territory of none of the north and canada has one of the few places in the world pretty much on touched by covert 19 it is it is isolated on its side but the weak health care system is vulnerable to any outbreak is daniel lack. nunavut his home to just under 40000 people scattered across an arctic landscape the size of western europe most are indigenous in a week and they live in particular areas conditions few jobs expensive housing and by the standards of a rich country like canada minimal health services in the remote hamlet of igloolik north of hudson's bay there's only a 4 bed health center to serve 2000 people we have houses and there is already asked beyond capacity really you know and that it can really earn much more

and so when something like this comes late you're really close. even in the territories largest town of cali weed there are just 7 ventilators in the most basic of hospitals proper intensive care can only be accessed after a 3 hour flight south to the canadian capital ottawa the people of new interviewed are also far more likely than other canadians to have preexisting medical conditions that are aggravated by code 19 so higher levels of diabetes chronic lung disease. p.d. chronic obstructive lung disease you know given crowd of ours tends to target those people with underlying health conditions it's very concerning so none of it has effectively gone into its own version of social isolation no casual outside visits are allowed returning residents can only come home after they've cornered for 2 weeks travel between communities is only permitted for medical or other emergencies

even a low number of covert 1000 cases would be catastrophic up here that's why there's a lot of local support for isolating the entire territory it's not an easy position to be in so i'm very happy with what the leadership that we've seen on that the federal government that needs to step up assess wilner own unit and provide the basic human rights that everybody is there and the territory. even before this pandemic in the near shutdown of the global economy none of it had lower life expectancies and higher rates of poverty than most of canada remote and cut off at the best of times this is a land that's hoping that coated 19 leaves them alone with their existing problems even as it ravages the rest of the world daniel lak al-jazeera. let's do some sports news thank you so much pete some of the english premier league has been urged by one of its main broadcast panos to block the saudi arabia takeover of

newcastle united because of piracy cattles be in school says the saudi government's the owls and the legal channels are still games and that is threatening the league's financial future or saudi's sovereign wealth fund is aiming to buy an 80 percent stake in newcastle or a channel b. out q. has been illegally showing games despite the rights in the middle east region belonging to be in sports in a letter to the premier league binns chief executive said it is no exaggeration to say that the future economic model of football is at stake the potential acquirer of newcastle united has caused huge damage to your clubs and the premier league's commercial revenues the legacy of the illegal service will continue to impact you going forward let's bring in professor simon chadwick he's an expert in sports business politics and technology at the sense of for the eurasian sports industry simon thanks for coming on how seriously will the premier league be taking this statement from be in sports. where level will be taking it very seriously obviously

be in sport is a major partner for the premier league in a number of different territories at the same time obviously the takeover of newcastle united seems to be becoming increasingly tangible and real. but the important thing in all of this is the fit and proper person test which is essentially what is now taking place within the premier league doesn't assess the day that the morality or the legality or otherwise of prospective buyers essentially a fit and proper person test looks at the finances of the individuals all of the groups looking to take over clubs and doesn't make judgments beyond that so the premier league is in a really interesting position in the sense that if it acquires its rules as they're normally applied it takes no account of being and what's happening there but if it chooses to do. then it will either need to to change some of its rules and it may potentially begin tarboro of occasions in terms of the overall governance of the

organization now simon big picture would this situation have arisen had it not been for the ongoing political dispute between catherine saudi. i think such situations would have arisen we've had these situations before 'd whereby individuals with somewhat suspect relationships and business dealings have nevertheless passed the fit and proper person test because as i say the fit probably the test is essentially about finances not about what you do with your your business empire but i do think given the fractious nature of relations between catherine h.-g. seniors over the last 3 years we're going to see this kind of thing in a nice these flash points have been. occurring in sport over recent years i think the transfer of name art party signs your man was one such example we've seen other instances and for me this is this is actually a. flare up in a bottle i thought was was beginning to dissipate but clearly it's still there and it's still being force professor simon schama thank you so much for your insights

and ongoing story we'll hear much more about that i'm sure of the dutch football association says not to continue with its season the netherlands is just beyond all major events and so at least september due to coronavirus i.x. of the reigning champions they lead that arc mob i don't difference the top of this season's standings on choose the european governing body your wife has said some leagues could be cancelled in special cases because of the pandemic the dutch f.a.a. has confirmed it will consult with u.a.e. for before making a final decision. now roger federer thinks a merger between the men's and women's tours may be a way for tennis to survive the crisis federer has posted on switzer saying this could be a time for the 2 governing bodies to unite as one the tennis season has been suspended since march with many lower ranked players already facing financial hardship. for the new interim patriots tight end rob grown koski has come out of

retirement to reunite with quarterback tom brady the 30 year old has agreed to play for the tampa bay buccaneers alongside brady who signed a 2 year $50000000.00 contract with the bucs last month from koski retired in march 29th see of the 9 seasons and 3 super bowl triumphs with the page. well this week's n.f.l. draft is set to look a lot different to last year's events carried 19 is forced one of the league's biggest occasions to go virtual with seimone is potential picks staying at home over 3 days teams select the best young college players we've been talking to robert lots of black sports online about why it was so important for the n.f.l. to still hold this draft. i think i think it's true fault with the with the n.f.l. i pay the draft itself obviously this is not a sport that's being played you know it's basically like a conference call so they don't feel like there's the danger you don't see anyone by doing a draft no one is even if a sport like oh or sports entertainment like a

w w we still do individual horse racing or still don't want to because there has to be some people at the track or at the rainy days that age with what the draft is really no different and when fans do a fantasy draft you know from the comfort of their hopes i don't feel like they feel like there's any danger in doing it and they want to make sure if these guidelines to stand hold on eased up or the restrictions on lifted other teams can have the players in place and ready to go especially their rockies and by pushing the draft back that would push the entire offseason programs back and i don't they definitely don't want to do that considering that we haven't had lapsed sports fork over a while now this is going to be one of the this i think everyone's going to tune into and we'll be real curious to see who goes where and what happens ok more from man not couple of hours time i think thanks very much will have such

a minute's home i'll just terrible news about 3 minutes or not achieve them. throughout history humankind has prevailed in our darkest all coming together to face the very thing that would extinguish our light. this is not one of those moments. at all. this is a moment for pretty much the opposite for hiding for laying low. is also. saving humankind by really really not getting mirrors. where playing games staring at screens staring at. all of the stuff of your hours. every generation has its will or individual sacrifice

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a revival of the jihad in the muslim near east the crusades an arab perspective episode to revive on a just. for . iran's revolutionary guard says it has successfully launched the country's 1st military satellite. organon peter davi you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up more heavy rain and flash flooding turned the southern yemeni city of aden into a disaster area. south africa poisoned 90 percent of its army to enforce coronavirus lockdown measures. also ahead siri.